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RE: [Digital BW] Scanning b&w negatives

2004-01-22 by Austin Franklin

Paul,

> so you
> might as well
> let the scanner combine the R, G and B for you.

As always, that depends on the scanner.  The red channel is typically, by
far, the "fuzziest" channel...so minimizing the amount of red in the mix can
in fact give you significantly sharper scans...same with blue, it is
sometimes more fuzzy than green.

Regards,

Austin

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